A wonderful social commentary... with zombies!

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2005)

First off I would like to say that I thought this movie was excellent, and I'm not usually a fan of the zombie flick. However this movie was quite different. More terrifying than the zombies was the hard-hitting, all too true social commentary that the movie contained.
The movie is set in england which is perfect because; being and island, it give the distinct feeling of a microcosm of society, rather a smattering of parts of the whole. Being set on an island it give the viewer the ability to take a sterilized view to the carnage, with the rational as that of a scientist viewing a controlled experiment.
The film superficially touches on the topics of love and family, but the deeply ingrained undertone is that: no matter the carnage that is done to humans, it only parallels the destruction that we wreck upon ourselves. The use of an onslaught of zombies is brilliant. We see the characters plagued by these enraged zombies WHO USED TO BE HUMAN(hint.. that is important) and then we see their interaction with the soldiers from the blockade and we see that the interaction is at its core... the same.
I wholeheartedly recommend this movie, however i suggest not watching it in a dark basement at 3:47 a.m. as you will find it hard to sleep :) The important thing to take away from this film is the idea the no matter what is done to humanity, we continue to do worse to ourselves.